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On
Blaming |
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Alcoholics and other addicts have suffered,
not only as a result of poorly developed and at times harmful
treatment technology, but also through being blamed for their
failure to respond to such technology [the prof speaks out] |
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The
2007 user satisfaction survey of Tier 2 and 3 service users
in England |
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16-page PDF [NTA, UK] |
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The
2007 user satisfaction survey of Tier 4 service users in England |
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16-page PDF [NTA, UK] |
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Wired
In releases new film on You Tube |
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I've just been looking through the footage we
have for the series "Life as a heroin addict'. It's helped
me to realise how important it is to get information about addiction,
treatment and recovery, out there in the public domain [I did
it my way blog, UK] |
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NW
Medication Assisted Recovery Forum Presentations |
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The following presentations from the North
West Medication Assisted Recovery Forum, held on 6th June 2008
[SMMGP, UK] |
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Tackling
substance abuse in families |
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Debate regarding the most appropriate ways
to help people to get off drugs has resulted in what often seem
to be polarised positions in favour of either methadone prescribing
or abstinence-based interventions [The Herald, Scotland, UK] |
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Fifth
of 10-year-olds think heroin is legal |
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Life Education found a quarter of 10-year-olds
also thought ecstasy is legal and more than half the children
surveyed could name four or more illegal drugs [Children & Young
People Now, UK] |
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Average
child takes first drink aged 11 |
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Northern Ireland - The average age at which
children begin drinking alcohol has fallen to 11, the Chief Medical
Officer's report revealed today. Dr Michael McBride found almost
half of all boys are bingeing by the time they are adults [MHF,
UK] |
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Prison
Drugs |
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In 2005, a survey of the psychiatric status
of Irish prisoners found that 59% of male sentenced prisoners
had a drug dependency problem, and 45% an alcohol dependency
problem. Only 26% of sentenced prisoners had neither a drug nor
an alcohol dependency problem. 16-page PDF [DPAG, Ireland] |
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Marijuana's
rising potency sparks debate |
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The polarized debate about its safety has been
rekindled by two reports released separately this month by the
federal government and a leading drug prohibition group. Both
studies conclude that marijuana's potency has increased [Boston
Globe, USA] |
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Ketamine-MRI
study sheds light on schizophrenia symptom profile |
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Mentally healthy individuals under the influence
of ketamine display psychotic-like symptoms that vary according
to their usual brain response to cognitive tasks, results of
a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study show [Psychiatry Source,
USA] |
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Ephedrine,
pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine |
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Notice of proposed revised 2008 assessment
of annual needs for the list I chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine,
and phenylpropanolamine [Drug Enforcement Administration, USA] |
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More
Thinking About Drinking |
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My only quarrel with NIAAA is that four drinks
per evening is about one too high [Washington Post, USA] |
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One
big drug test for L.A.: sewage analysis |
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Experts are examining the outflow in several
U.S. and European cities, and the data can be revealing [LA Times,
USA] |
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Methadone
fee 'too costly for addicts' |
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Heroin addicts trying to wean themselves off
the drug with methadone are struggling to pay pharmacy fees for
the treatment, a new report has found [The Age,Australia] |
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Alcohol
and tobacco still our most deadly drugs |
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Illegal drugs cost our society a lot, but their
harm is dwarfed by that caused by legal drugs - alcohol and tobacco[Scoop,
New Zealand] |
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Iran
nabbed 900 tonnes of Afghan drugs in 2007 |
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Iran seized just over one third of the 2,500
tonnes of drugs that entered the country from its eastern neighbour
Afghanistan in 2007 [AFP] |
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Taleban's
'$100m opium takings' |
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Taleban insurgents took an estimated $100m (£50m) from
Afghanistan's opium trade in 2007, the head of the UN's anti-narcotics
agency told the BBC [BBC, UK] |
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Battling
drug addiction in Afghanistan |
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According to the most recent UN figures in
2005, there are about one million addicts in a country of about
30 million people [BBC, UK] |
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Wada
to consider banning Viagra |
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Wada believes sildenafil (Viagra) enhances athletic performance,
particularly in high-pollution locations such as Beijing and
London [BBC, UK] |
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